Combined check-protector and postage-stamp holder.



O. J. OALLAHAN & E. P. CHANDLER. COMBINED CHECK PROTECTOR AND POSTAGESTAMP HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, 1912.

1,063,413., Patented June 3,1913.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0.. WASHINGTON. n. c.

CORNELIUS J. CALLAHAN AND EDWARD F. CHANDLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED CHECK-PROTECTOR AND POSTAGE-STAMP HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, CORNELIUS J. CAL-LAI-IAN and EDWARD F. CHANDLER, citizens of the United States, atpresent residing in the city of New York and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in a Combined Check-Protector andPostage-Stamp Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to check protectors and moreparticularly to a combined check protector and postage stamp holder, theobject being to provide an eX- ceedingly cheap, simple and efficientcombination device, which can be utilized for imparting a rough orprotective surface to a check, and also to provide a convenientreceptacle for carrying a limited number of postage stamps.

A device constructed in accordance with our invention can be made up insuch form as to provide a convenient watch charm and furthermore thedevice can be made in such a way as to be susceptible for use as anadvertising novelty for banks, stationery firms and other mercantilehouses.

With these objects in view, the invention consists in the novel featuresof construction hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure 1 is aperspective view of our combination device open to permit theintroduction or withdrawal of postage stamps. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.Fig. 1 is an enlarged sectional view of the lower portion of the device.Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a very slight modification.

In carrying out our invention we employ a steel roller A, the surface ofwhich is milled, serrated, stippled or otherwise roughened so that whena check is placed upon a piece of blotting paper or other yieldingsurface and this milled or stippled roller passed over the face of thecheck or rather across that portion of the check having the amount ofthe check marked there- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 30, 1912.

Patented June 3, 1913.

Serial No. 687,304.

on, produces a roughened or stippled surface upon that portion of thecheck and thereby prevents the possibility of erasing the amount andraising the check. This roller A is journaled in the lower end of a thinmetal case B, which in Figs. 1 and 5 is shown composed of two sections Band 13*, the pivot C serving to not only journal the roller but alsoserves to pivotally connect the two sections B and B together.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 5 the sides of the case sectionsare provided with slight depressions E so that when the two sections arebrought together these depressions will engage each other and hold thesections fastened and in order to separate the sections we preferablyconstruct the portion B with a slight projection B at its upper end,which can be engaged by the thumb nail for the purpose of opening thecase. A bottom portion B is attached to either section B or B therebyproviding a shallow receptacle which can be utilized to hold postagestamps. An eye F is arranged upon the upper end of the section B forattachment tothe watch charm. In Fig. 5 we show two such eyes F unitedby an elongated link F which constitutes the bottom link of the watchchain.

The device is made of such size as to provide a watch charm and as suchit will always be in convenient position for use as a check protector asin order to roughen the surface of the check it will only be neces saryto place said check upon a blotter and pass the roughened roller overthat portion thereof having the amount of the check written thereon.

It will thus be seen that we provide a cheap, simple and eflicientcombination device capable of carrying out all of the objectshereinbefore referred to.

What we claim is:

1. A device of the kind described comprising a sheet metal case composedof two sections pivotally connected at their lower ends, and a rollerhaving a rough surface, said roller being journaled between the lowerends of the sheet metal case, the pivot of holding said sectionstogether and means for suspending the device as a Whole.

CORNELIUS J. GALLAH N. EDWARD F. CHANDLER? Witnesses:

NELSON G. DENNIS, JAs. S. BARRON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

